27. Tamaha (Haskell County)
Located high on a bluff, this is one of the oldest towns in Oklahoma. Originally called Pleasant Bluff, it was a steamboat landing on the Arkansas River prior to the Civil War. Many choctaws entered the Choctaw Nation at this point after making their way overland to the Mississippi River and then continuing their journey by steamer via the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers. By 1850, Tamaha was a busy Choctaw village and trading hub. On June 15, 1864, General Stand Watie and his Confederate forces captured the Union steamboat J.R. Williams, which was on the way to Fort Gibson with a shipment of supplies valued at $120,000. This was the farthest inland naval battle of the Civil War. General Watie, a Cherokee, was the last Confederate general to surrender at the end of the war. The cemetery at Tamaha is one of the oldest in Oklahoma. Today the town caters to the recreational trade associated with Robert S. Kerr Lake. Located northeast of Stigler.

28. Tuskahoma (Pushmataha County)
By the time the Frisco Railroad arrived in 1887, this area had been an important Choctaw center for more Lhan half a century. Northwest of here was Nanih Waiya, the capital of the Choctaw Nation and the site of the tribe's first council house. In 1834, the first constitution written in Oklahoma was adopted here by the Choctaw Nation. In 1850 the seat of tribal government was moved to Doaksville, then returned to the Tuskahoma area in 1883. In 1884 a new capitol building was constructed that served as the tribe's council house until statehood in 1907. It is still used as a meeting house for Choctaw affairs. Near the council house is the site of Tuskahoma Female Academy, founded in 1891. The old cemetery, also in this vicinity, contains the graves of many wellknown Choctaw leaders. Located northeast of Clayton on US-271.

29. Wirt (Carter)
The most prosperous business in Wirt in the 1920s was the undertaking parlor. Most of the time at least one corpse was being prepared for burial, and often several were lined up. Extreme lawlessness ruled and police officers were commonly killed or wounded. Men and women alike were stabbed, shot, or found with their skulls crushed. Founded in 1913 with the development of Carter County oil pool, the town was mainly a collection of shacks originally called Ragtown. It burned four or five times and each time was doggedly rebuilt. Located within the city limits of Healdton.